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On-Field Annihilation for Off-Field Crimes? Why Penn State Football Should Not Receive the "Death Penalty"

Reblogged from The Crossing Route:

Last Thursday's Freeh Report confirmed sickening allegations that Joe Paterno and other Penn State officials helped conceal the horrendous crimes of former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky. Despite knowing the charges of sexual assault against Sandusky in 1998, head coach Joe Paterno, PSU President Graham Spanier, vice president Gary Schultz, and athletic director Tim Curley allowed him to continue bringing boys to Penn State after his 1999 retirement.

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Another blog post from a reader that highlights the same thoughts I have on the death penalty.
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Should Penn State get the Death Penalty?

They might need to take this statue down.

I remember reading, watching all the info I could this past year (thanks to ESPN’s “30 for 30″) on SMU’s death penalty situation. With a program to actually pay their student-athletes, that led to the football team rising to the top of the college ranks.

Obviously in college sports, paying the athletes is against the rules. Plus, SMU did this in hopes of taking their program to the top. That’s what happened. And when they got caught, the rightful punishment was the death penalty.

But with Penn State, the cry for a death penalty doesn’t make sense. At least the way I see it, it’s two totally different situations. What happened at SMU was done to gain an advantage on the football field. So the proper punishment was to take away football. But what happened at Penn State had nothing to do with what went on the football field, so why should we take away that?

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